Plainitffs lawyer Thomas Girardi has been hit with a lawsuit from a litigation funder claiming that he and his firm have failed to repay more than $15 million in loans.

Mill Valley-based Law Finance Group LLC sued Girardi and his firm, Girardi Keese, on Jan. 17 in Los Angeles Superior Court claiming the defendants refused to hand over recovered fees from cases that the parties allegedly agreed they’d use to repay the loans.